What It Is

Mark Knopfler
Drinking dens are spilling out
酒香从齿间溢出
There's staggering in the square
人们在广场中蹒跚而行
There's lads and lasses falling about
男孩女孩们笑意盎然
And a crackling in the air
空气中弥漫着烤肉的香气
Down around the dungeon doors
地下城门附近围绕着
The shelters in the queues
成列的庇护所
Everybody's looking for
每个人都在寻找
Somebody's arms to fall into
能够投入的怀抱
And it's what it is
就是这样
It's what it is now
眼下只能这样
There's frost on the graves and the monuments
坟墓与纪念碑已结露为霜
But the taverns are warm in town
但镇中酒馆仍然温暖如故
People curse the government
人们一边咒骂着政府
And shovel hot food down
一边享用美味热食
The lights are out in city hall
市政厅的灯光已经熄灭
The castle and the keep
城堡和要塞
The moon shines down upon it all
被月色款款覆盖
The legless and asleep
酩酊大醉的人已沉沉睡去
And it ′s cold on a tollgate
严寒笼罩着关卡
With the wagons creeping through
有货车缓缓驶过
Cold on a tollgate
严寒笼罩着关卡
God knows what I could do with you
上帝知道我可以和你做什么
And It ′s what it is
就是这样
It ′s what it is now
眼下一切如此
The garrison sleeps and the citadel
守卫们熟睡着
With the ghosts and the ancient stones
要塞中有幽灵和远古之石
High up on the parapet
巍峨的城墙上
A Scottish piper stands alone
一位苏格兰风笛手独自伫立着
And high on the wind
越过风
The highland drums begin to roll
高地鼓声敲响
And something from the past just comes
有什么东西呼啸而来
And stares into my soul
望向我的灵魂深处
And it ′s cold on a tollgate
关卡依旧寒冷
Where the Caledonian blues
在这苏格兰人的忧郁之地
Cold on a tollgate
寒冷的关卡
God knows what I could do with you
上帝知道我可以和你做什么
And It ′s what it is
就是这样
It ′s what it is now
眼下只能这样
What it is
It ′s what it is now
眼下事情就是这样
There ′s a chink of light
裂隙之中透出光亮
There ′s a burning wick
烛芯在燃烧
There ′s a lantern in the tower
塔楼点着灯笼
Wee Willie Winkie with a candlestick
烛台中闪烁着微弱的光芒
Still writing songs in the wee wee hours
闲暇时刻里我仍在写歌
On Charlotte Street I take
我从旅馆里带出一支手杖
A walking stick from my hotel
漫步在夏洛特大街
The ghost of Dirty ****
那些肮脏的幽灵
Is still in search of Little Nell
仍在寻找Little Nell
And it ′s what it is
就是这样
It ′s what it is now
眼下只能这样
Oh it ′s what it is
噢 事情就是这样
What it is now
如今只能这样